Lacework.



PATENTED NOV. 13, 1906.

M. JANSEN. LAGEWORK. APPLIUATION FILED 01". 13, 1905.

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MAGDALENA JANSEN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

LACEWORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application filed October 13, 1905. Serial No. 282,596.

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Be it known that I, MAGDALENA JANSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lacework, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in lacework.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby lace may be applied to suitable apertures in a strip of fabric without requiring that the edges of the fabric be hemmed or that the lace should be cut into pieces and separately stitched to the margins of each aperture, the labor of applying the lace being greatly expedited by my invention, the appearance of the completed fabric being improved.

In the following description reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view of a piece of fabric embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same drawn on line w as of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are views similar to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, showing a modified form of aperture in the body fabric. Figs. 7 and 8 are front and back views illustrating a different form of aperture in the body fabric.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views, the different modifications being illustrated to demonstrate that the invention is capable of being applied to a great variety of designs.

A is the body fabric. This is provided with a series of apertures B, formed by slitting the material without removing it and doubling the edges backwardly, as indicated at C, the edges being doubled upon the rear face of the body fabric. At the left-hand in Fig. 1 I have illustrated the manner in which the material is slitted preparatory to doubling it backwardly, as above stated. When the edges have been doubled upon the rear face of the body fabric, the fabric is preferably pressed to cause the folds to lie flat on the rear surface. A net of lace is thereupon applied to the rear surfaceof the fabric and stitched thereto. This stitching may be loose or open, but preferably extends along the margins of the aperture, as shown.

Referring to Figs. 4, 5, and 6, it will be ob served that the same invention may be embodied in connection with a body fabric having elongated slots Gin place of the apertures B shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. In Figs. 7 and 8 a series of oval apertures F are illustrated. In any case, however, the net covers the en tire apertured face of the body fabric on the rear surface and is exposed to the front through the apertures.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a body fabric slitted at intervals and doubled backwardly along the slits to form a series of apertures; a lace net secured to the rear face of the body fabric and covering the several apertures, said net being stitched to the body fabric through the folded portions thereof and being exposed at the front through said apertures.

In testimony whereof I afilX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MAGDALENA JANSEN.

Witnesses:

LEVERETT 0. WHEELER, JAS. B. ERWIN. 

